Hi Paul: Humor works great for spontaneous, "in the moment" redirects. Planning a comedy show is obviously over the top. Some teachers are naturally humourous and are able to incorporate that into their lessons - in appropriate doses. But I think we need to be nartural versions of ourselves, not artificial versions of someone else. So, if humor doesn't work to redirect students, maybe a story, a past work sitaution, or sometimes even changing topic or sequence and moving to another activity. One sure fire way to gather attention is to relate everything back to the career area the students are studying for. This will re-focus them because it's something they're interesred in. Regards, Barry